Hi Katerina! I’m so excited to have you here today. I saw in the Ronda Rousey #knockoutparaxia your mom posted a video of you attending a Women’s Leadership Conference in Chicago where you were able to ask Ronda a question about apraxia and meet her in person. Can you explain to my readers why you wanted to go to this? Back in May, I was sitting at my school’s awards
Before I knew my daughter Ashlynn had CAS, and before I spent countless hours researching, taking trainings, and becoming an expert in CAS; I was an elementary school SLP. Like any new SLP, I was relatively inexperienced with CAS. One year, I transferred schools and a 3rd grade boy with a dx of CAS popped up on my caseload. Most people, including his mother, still found him very hard
The 2016 National Conference on Childhood Apraxia of Speech has come to an end. As I sit in the plane, I look at the burnt orange, red, and brown sunset setting over wispy clouds and the windy city. Since I live in Denver, we are flying west, and it feels like we are literally flying into the setting sunset sky. I get to reflect on my time here in Chicago,
It’s been three years since I last attended the national conference on apraxia. At that time, my daughter had been diagnosed with apraxia for just under a year, and I was still scared and sad about what the future held for my sweet Ashlynn. I re-read my blog post I wrote after that conference, and it didn’t begin to capture all the emotions I had at that time, or what
Well, Ashlynn completed Kindergarten. It was pretty anti-climactic to be honest. For some reason, her school doesn’t believe in Kindergarten graduations. Okay, it’s not for “some reason,” it’s because the philosophy of the school is that graduations signify an end and Kindergarten is just a beginning. I get it…kind of. Actually no, I don’t get it at all. If that were the case, we wouldn’t celebrate any graduation because technically
I Walk for apraxia for my son Kellan and for all of the other precious kiddos that battle apraxia alongside of Kellan. I want Kellan to be able to receive all of the crucial services and therapy he needs in order to be successful, and by walking for Apraxia, I can help other children in need receive those services too. I Walk because I want to help educate others and